Analysis of Debtor
Sara Teasdale 1884 (St. Louis) – 1933 (New York City)
So long as my spirit still
Is glad of breath
And lifts its plumes of pride
In the dark face of death;
While I am curious still
Of love and fame,
Keeping my heart too high
For the years to tame,
How can I quarrel with fate
Since I can see
I am a debtor to life,
Not life to me?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 1111 011111 001111 1111001 1101 101111 10111 1111011 1111 1101011 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 273 |
Words | 63 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 211 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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